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"No polling station will have more than 1,200 voters": CEC Gyanesh Kumar i
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The Chief Election Commissioner also highlighted several new initiatives aimed at enhancing transparency and improving the voter experience.
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Delhi High Court dismisses plea against use of EVMs in elections
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The petition had urged the High Court to direct that elections be conducted only through ballot papers. The HC said that the issue has already been conclusively settled by the Supreme Court.
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BJP's Gaurav Bhatia slams Rahul Gandhi over EC remarks, accuses of habitua
Updated : 7 months ago IST
"...The Congress party is involved in scams. They lose elections. When they lose elections, they have to blame someone; sometimes, they blame EVMs. Sometimes on VVPAT. Sometimes on the Election Commission of India. Sometimes they abuse the public and make false allegations without facts.
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NCP (Sharad Pawar) slams state EC over VVPAT decision, demands ballot pape
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The party has demanded that if VVPATs are unavailable, the elections must be conducted using traditional ballot papers to uphold transparency and public trust.
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EVMs cannot be hacked: Maharashtra's Additional Chief Electoral Officer on
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
He said that the chips used in the EVMs are one-time programmable, making tampering impossible.
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"No mismatch found between VVPAT and EVM": Maharashtra CEO denies Oppositi
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
In a statement, the Maharashtra CEO explained that, as per the guidelines of the Election Commission of India, it is mandatory to count VVPAT slips from five randomly selected polling stations in each assembly constituency.
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"Issues in entire election machinery, raised questions" Congress leader Ja
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday alleged the issues in the entire election machinery in the Maharashtra assembly elections and said that the party has raised questions on the entire election machinery which is "dangerous for democracy."
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"Electoral system defective" Samajwadi Party leader raises questions on EV
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Speaking to ANI, SP leader ST Hasan said, "We have been saying this since the past 5 years that our electoral system is 'defective.' We do not trust the EVMs and when I was in the parliament, we (SP) proposed that to ensure greater transparency both EVMs and ballot boxes should be counted, a
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"Reply is generic, focused on diminishing complaints and petitioners": Con
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh shared the letter on X and said, "The ECI gave a non-reply to INC India's specific complaints in 20 Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Haryana."
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Chief Electoral Officer, Delhi initiates awareness campaign of EVM, VVPAT
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The Chief Electoral Officer, Delhi, P Krishnamurthy, initiated an awareness campaign of EVM & VVPAT for the Delhi Assembly Election, 2025. The initiative has been in progress since October 15, 2024, the office of the Chief Electoral Officer said.
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"Philosophy behind using a battery in EVM is that it has no connection wit
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Rawat said, "Philosophy behind using a battery in an EVM is that it has no connection outside the world. If the EVM is operated with electricity by using cord then political parties will allege that it is being tampered through the cord. Therefore, the election commission ha
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J-K assembly polls: Second phase of election training commences in Doda
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The training session was attended by polling staff, including Presiding Officers (PO), P1, P2, and P3 personnel, who received vital instructions on the operation and management of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails (VVPATs).
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